Men’s Singles
Double reigning defending champion Andy Murray (Great Britain) pulled out due to an injury. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) was the heavy favourite, looking to set up a golden slam. He won through to the semi-final, without dropping a set. In the quarter-final, he defeated national hero Kei Nishikori (Japan) who had upset Andrey Rublev (Russia), the fifth seed in the opening round. In the semi-final, he would come up against Alexander Zverev (Germany). In the third quarter, the biggest seeds were Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece). They were both beaten in the third round by Karen Khachanov (Russia) and Ugo Humbert (France). Khachanov then went on to win that quarter-final. It was the two seeds in the bottom quarter who made the quarter-final. Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) beat Daniil Medvedev (Russia) in straight sets. In the semi it was Khachanov with the straight sets win, getting revenge for his compatriot. Djokovic took a 6-1 first-set win against Zverev and seemed prime to cruise home. Instead, Zverev only allowed four games throughout the rest of the match. Novak went into the bronze place playoff but went down to Carreno Busta. Having taken down Djokovic, Zverev was not going to be stopped. He only allowed four games to Khachanov.
🥇Alexander Zverev 🇩🇪
🥈Karen Khachanov 🇷🇺
🥉Pablo Carreno Busta 🇪🇸
Men’s Doubles
The top quarter was headlined by Mektic/Pavic (Croatia). They overcame Musetti/Sonego (Italy) in a super tiebreak before best McLachlan/Nishikori (Japan) to make the medal matches. Seeds in the second quarter Karatsev/Medvedev (Russia) and Hurkacz/Kubot (Poland) were both eliminated in the opening round. It was Krajicek/Sandgren (United States) who came through. Cabal/Farah (Colombia) were seeded in the third quarter but aided by a walkover Daniell/Venus (New Zealand) beat them in a super tiebreak. Herbert/Mahut (France) were the second seeds but were knocked out by Murray/Salisbury (Great Britain). The Brits lost out in a super tiebreak to Dodig/Cilic (Croatia) in the quarter-final. Both the Croatian pairs won by straight sets to make the final. It was the seeded pair of Mektic/Pavic who would win 10-6 in a super tie break. The pair from New Zealand would take the bronze medal match in straight sets.
🥇Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic 🇭🇷
🥈Ivan Dodig/Marin Cilic 🇭🇷
🥉Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus 🇳🇿
Women’s Singles
This became a very open contest as Ashleigh Barty (Australia) and Naomi Osaka (Japan) both failed to get far in the event. Barty lost in the opening round to Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain). The two highest remaining seeds in the top quarter would clash in the third round with Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) beating Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and going on to win the quarter. The second quarter was headlined by Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) but she was eliminated by Donna Vekic (Croatia). In turn, she was defeated by Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) who then beat seventh seed Gaborone Muguruza (Spain). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) was taken to three sets a few times but headed into the semi-finals as favourite. She would face Marina Vondrousova (Czech Republic) who beat Osaka. Bencic won her semi-final with a 6-4 win in the final set. In the other semi-final, Vondrousova continued her upsets with a straight-set victory over Svitolina. Svitolina again went to three sets and managed to get a 6-4 final set victory to take gold. In the gold medal match, Bencic won 7-5 2-6 6-3.
🥇Belinda Bencic 🇨🇭
🥈Marina Vondrousova 🇨🇿
🥉Elina Svitolina 🇺🇦
Women’s Doubles
Krejcikova/Siniakova (Czech Republic) were number one seeds and although they needed a couple of super tiebreaks, they would win that quarter. Bertens/Schuurs (Netherlands) would have expected to be the ones competing against them but were defeated in a super tiebreak by Kudermetova/Vesnina (Russia) who won the quarter. Both the seeds in the third quarter were beaten by Pigossi/Stefani (Brazil). Both Chan/Chan (Taiwan) and Aoyama/Shibahara (Japan) the seeded pairs went out in the opening round. It was Bencic/Golubic (Switzerland) who beat the Japanese pair and went on to win the quarter. Bencic continued her incredible tournament, reaching the doubles finals with a straight-set victory. In the final, they came up against the Czech seeds who had won a super tiebreak 10-6. In the bronze medal play off the Brazilians overcame Russia in a super tie break, winning 11-9. Bencic could not make it a double gold as the Russian pair were able to win in straight sets.
🥇Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova 🇨🇿
🥈Belinda Bencic/Viktorija Golubic 🇨🇭
🥉Laura Pigossi/Luisa Stefani 🇧🇷
Mixed Doubles
Mladenovic/Mahut (France) were the number one seeds but were knocked out in straight sets in the opening round by Vesnina/Karatsev (Russia). The number three seeds were Mattek-Sands/Rak (United States) but were beaten by Stojanovic/Djokovic (Serbia) in straight sets. The fourth seed made it through to the semi-finals in Pavlyuchenkova/Rublev (Russia), winning two matches in super tie breaks. In the semis, they would come up against Barty/Peers (Australia) who beat Sakkari/Tsitsipas (Greece). Djokovic suffered another loss in the semi-final, going out in straight sets to Vesnina/Karatsev. The other semi came down to a super tie break, where the Russian won another 13-11. After his defeats in the singles, Novak Djokovic pulled out of the bronze medal match, handing the medal to the Australians. The Russian pairs came down to a super tie break, Pavlyuchenkova/Rublev (Russia) winning 13-11.
🥇Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Andrey Rublev 🇷🇺
🥈Elena Vesnina/Aslan Karatsev 🇷🇺
🥉Ashleigh Barty/John Peers 🇦🇺
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